Battery-box terminal connection.



' G. L". PATTERSON. BATTERY BOX TERMINAL CONNECTION.

APPLIoATIoN r1LED. D'E0.1.19os.

Patented June 8, 1909.

G. L. PATTERSON.

BATTERY BOX TERMINALl CONNECTION.

' VAPPLIUATION FILED nso. 1, 1908. j

' vPa-tented June 8, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

GEORGE LEWIS PATTERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ALICE Q. PATTERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

vBATlEIlEtY-BGX TERMINAL CONNECTION..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June s, 1909.

Application led Decemberl, 1908. Serial No. 465,557.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LEWIS PAT- y TERsoN, a citizen of thc United States, residy Box Terminal lConnections, of which the following is a fuil, clear, and exact description. My invention relates to improvements in batteries, and particularly to a battery box terminal connector.

In present automobile practice, forexample, it is customary to have a strong (frequently iron) box designedv to protect and shield the battery proper. This box 'is usu-' ally located on some readily. accessible part of the machine, for example, the running board. The necessity for a strong and 'secure box for holdingthe batteries is so great that, in automobile practice, it is almost universal. While theparticular field of usefulness for his invention is not limited to use on automobiles, the importance of the invention will erhaps be best-understood by explaining t e same in connection with such use.

In practice it becomes necessary from time to time to inspect or renew thebatteries or individual cells thereof. This involves opening the box and removing the batteries. In cases where the batteries are of the modern socket type in which said batteries are suspended from an overhead carrier, as in the Gill patent No. 705,919, andas in the present instance, vthe only way of getting access to the several cells is by removing` the O'roup of batteries. This heretofore has invo ved a manual detachment of connecting wires which lead from the battery out through the box to the translating device,

whatever that may be.- This causes great annoyance and occupies much time. i The object of my invention, broadly speaking, .is to provide simple and effective means whereby a group of battery cells held by 'a holder in common to said grou may be removed. bodily from the box wit out any special effort and may be replaced with equal ease, the connections to the outgoing terminal wires bein automatically broken and made incidenta to said 'removal and replace- 'ment respectively.

. .Inf he accompanying drawings, Figurel is battery cell holder,- the bottom of the box and holder-being broken away. 2 is a tric circuit.

plan view of the box, the cover being 'o en,- one end of said box being broken away. ig. 3 is a relatively enlarged viewof the under side of the cell holder head.

1. represents a box, in this instance of steel. .Z-is a cover hinged therefor, 3 is the hinge'therefor, 4 is any convenient locking -mechanism which lmay be provided to h the cover closed.

5 is the lining., which may be provided within the box if desired. This lining rovides a supporting shoulder 5", upon w ich a cell holder head member 6 may rest. This head member constitutes a battery carrier or support and is provided with suitable sockets 7--7 on its underside, (for example, such as shown in the former Gill patent above referred to) said sockets bein arranged to receive and hold a groupof/cel s,

It is unnecessaryi for me to describe at length herein the terminal construction employedin the sockets, it being understood. that it is such that by merely. inserting Athe cells in placein said sockets the terminal connections are automatically effected, so as to put all the cells in circuit. The head 6 may be secured tightly upon the supporting shoulder 5a by means of clamp screws 8, which are arranged to screw into vstanchions ,9 conveniently located within the -lininfr 5. If desired, a gasket 10 may be provided between the su porting shoulder 5a and the head 6, where y the spacewithin the' box may be sealed.

In such constructions as above described,

it is necessary to have an outletfor the elecing posts 11 and 12. These binding posts are located outside of the steel box 1 and are` instance shown herein, the. inner ends of the binding posts are indicated at 11 *--12, and are each in the form of .bifurcated spring To that end I provide two bindclips arranged to receive between them nontact blades 14- 15 carried by the'head and representing respectively the positive and negative terminal outlets for the cell circuit.`

ma e electrical contact with the outlets 'These blades 14--15 are properly 4ositionedv particular form of automatic connection may be modified in various Ways. The several battery cells carried by the head are con nected as desired, for example, in series, While the opposite terminals of` the extreme vnd cells would be respectively connected by suitable binding posts or clips to the blades lelel, so that When the head 6 is in place, ati of sucli cells are so connected With said biades 14g15 as to transmit their current ont through the binding posts l1 and 12.

W hat l claim is:

1. ln abattery, a box orcontainer, a bat 'Lory carrier removably mounted in said box and adapted to carry a plurality of cells, terininals carried by said carrier, other terminals carried by said box, and means for automatically connecting the terminals of the cars'ier with the terminals of the w i.

2. In abattery, a box, a battery cell carrier adapted to said box and removable therefrom, terminals on said carrier, oompanion terminals on said box, and means for coi'inecting the former With the latter by the mere act of introducing said carrier in said box.

3. In a battery, a box or container, termi- `nal outlets carried thereby, a cell carrier adapted to said box and removable therefrom, vmeans carried by said carrier Jfor receiving and supporting a plurality of battery cells, terminals carried by said carrier l for receivinff the cell circuits, means connect ed with saidl terminals and arranged to coop erate With'the outlet terminals ol the box the carrier in place Within or above said box.

4. In a battery, a box, a cell carrier adapt` ed thereto and means for detacliing and rei movably securing the same within or above said box, means carried by said carrier for receiving and supporting a cell, terminals car ried by said carrier for receiving cell circuits, outlet terminals carried by said box and electrically connecting devices between both ol' said sets of terminals for ileetrically connect ing the cell circuit with the outlet terininab: of the box when said carrier is in piace and by the act of putting said carrier in place.

y5. In a battery, a box having ont-let terniinals With interior contact means, a lmttery cell carrier adapted to said box and reinovable therefrom, terminalscarried thereby with means extending from said terminals r for electrically connecting said t xrininals With the'outlet terminals ol the box through the medium ol the interior contacts and :m independent support for said carrier.

GEORGE Lilli/V1.5 lLXl'VlQRSUN. Witnesses:

R. C. Mi'roiiELL,

M. E. Gimnnr'r. f

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